Yom Kippyr Guide. Fasting on Yom Kippur can give you a powerful spiritual experience. Or it can just make you feel hungry. We don’t fast to punish ourselves. We fast to elevate ourselves above our body, and align with our soul. If we do Yom Kippur right, we can attain a moment of true transcendence. We can feel our soul. Here is a meditation that turns the fasting into a catalyst for introspection. Combined with selected prayers and reflections, this meditation can help you reach a place where you feel energised from not eating.